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Patented Dec. 17, 1889.

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ing or fianging the upper edge of the shell NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS 1i CRARY, or MIDDLEPORT, orno, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO B. J. AND JOHN A. REDMOND, or SAME PLACE.

PACKING AND MEASURING VESSEL.

d SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,667, dated December 17, 1889.

Application filed September 28, 1889. Serial No. 825,4:26. (No model.)

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. ORARY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Middleport, in the county of Meigs and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing and Measuring Vessels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in the art to which it appertains to make use the same.

My invention relates to a metallic packing and measuring vessel; and the object of the same is to provide an improved vessel and means for securing and bracing the head of the vessel in place, whereby the vessel is made sufficiently strong to withstand the strain to. which it is subjected when heavy articlessuch as nails, hardware, and the like-are packed therein for storage or transportation. With these and other ends in view my invention consists of the combination, with a vessel and a head fitted therein, of a chine constructed as hereinafter described, and which is secured to the vessel in the manner hereinafter pointed out.

The chine is bent or struck up from a single piece of metal into annular or ringlike form and is of such diameter as to fit snugly within the end' of the vessel. The lower edge of the chine adjacent to the head is bent or flared laterally away from the shell or cylinder of the vessel toward the center thereof, so as to bear upon the head a short distance within the edge'thereof, and in order to strengthen the chine at the point where the greatest strain comes thereon the lower flared edge thereof that contacts with the head is corrugated or ridged. The chine is secured in place within the vessel by bendand or cylinder over the corresponding edge of the chine, and in order to secure the chine more firmly to the vessel tongues are cut from the metal of the chine and vessel, preferably, by a suitable machine. Two, three, or more tongues are provided at suitable intervals around the vessel and chine, and each pair of tongues, which are stamped or cut from the chine and vessel, and which lap each other, are bent outward upon the exterior of the shell or cylinder and over the upper edge 'of the cylinder.

To enable others to more readily understand my invention, I will now proceed to a detailed description thereof in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved packing and measuring vessel. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central sectional view through the vessel. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View through the vessel, showing an external bead and the head fitted therein, the parts being in position to receive the chine and before the latter is secured therein or the tongue out from the vessel. Fig. 4 isa top plan View of the vessel.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals of reference denote corresponding parts in all the figures, 1 designates the shell of my improved metallic packing and measuring vessel, which is preferably made of sheet metal and provided with ridges or corrugations 2, which tend to strengthen the same and enable it to withstand the strains to which it is subjected when heavy articles of merchandisesuch as nails-are packed therein for shipment or storage. These strengthening corrugations or ridges extend or project outward beyond the face or plane of the cylinder or shell, and, as shown in Fig. 2, this shell is provided'near its ends with inward-extending beads or ridges 3 or the beads may extend outward, as shown in Fig. 3, against which beads the heads 5 6 of the vessel impinge or bear. The heads may be made of wood, as shown, or of metal.

In Fig. 3 I have shown one way of fastening the head in place in the shell of the vessel, which consists in bending the metal of thevessel which forms the bead around the edge of the head, and in practicing this method of fastening the head in place the ends of the cylinder are of uniform or the same diameter as the body of the cylinder, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, in which condition of the cylinder the head is slipped into the end until it reaches the proper point, when the metal is crimped or bent by a suitable machine around the edge of the head to form the bead, whereby the" head is firmly secured in the cylinder. The head of the cylinder is strengthened and braced by means of a chine 10, which may be employed in connection with the head when the latter is clamped to the shell by the bead, as in Fig. 3, or when it shell of the vessel, I provide tongues 15 16,

adapted for use as a measu ring-vessel, or proof parts can be made without departing from merely rests on the annular flange or ledge formed bythe bead,as in Fig. 2. This chine is stamped or cut from a single piece of metal and bent into annular or ring-like form to adapt it to fit within the end-of the cylinder, the diameter of the chine being such that it fits snugly within the cylinder. The lower edge of the chine is bent or flared, as at 1], so that the diameter of the chine at the lower edge is less than at the upper edge, and said flared or bent edge 11 of the chine is corrugated or ridged at 12 in order to strengthen the same at the point where the greatest strain comes thereon. The chine is fitted snugly within the shell, with its lower flared and cor rugated edge resting on the head, and the upper edge of the shell is then bent or flanged over the corresponding edge of the chine, as indicated at 13, in order to secure the chine to the cylinder or shell and prevent displacement thereof.

To more securely unite the chine to the which are cut or stamped from the chine and shell 10 1, respectively, a series of two or more of these tongues being provided around the vessel and shell at suitable intervals, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4. These tongues are preferably triangular in form, as shown, al= though the shape is not essential and can be val icd orchanged at pleasure, and the tongues 15 1t' of each pair lap and lie flush with each other, the free ends of the tongues being bent outward upon the exterior face of the shell (see Fig. 1) and over the upper lapped or flanged edges of the cylinder and chine, as shown in Figs. 2 and l.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, it is obvious that I have produced a simple and inexpensive metallic storing and packing vessel which is especially constructed with a view to with-. standing the heavy strains to which a vessel is subjected when heavy merchandise is packed therein for shipment or storage, such, for example, as nails and hardware. The heads are very firmly secured in place and the chines are braced and strengthened to stand the strain to which the head is subjected.

The parts are extremely simple, strong, and durable in construction, and the vessel can be cheaply and expeditiously manufactured. I would have it understood, however, that I do not confine my invention to the use of the same as a nailkeg, as it is evident that it can be vided with a handle, so that it can be conveniently used as a water-pail, tt'c.

Slight changes in the form and proportion the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of my invention, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Although I have described and illustrated a metallic chine as the preferred embodiment of my invention, yet I do not desire to strictly confine myself to a metallic chine, as I am aware that a wooden chine which is fitted within the vessel or shell at the end thereof to bear against the head, and which is confined in place by bending or flanging the end of the shell over the chine, can be employed without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A metallic vessel consisting of ashell, a head titted therein, and a chine having its lower edge inwardly flared, as described, and fitted within the vessel, the flared edge of said chine resting on the head, and the edge of the shell being bent over the outer free edge of the chine to secure the latter to the shell, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of a vessel, a head, a chine fitted within the vessel, and tongues which are cut or stamped from the body of the vessel and chine and bent or folded upon the vessel or the chine, in the manner and for the purposes herein described.

A metallic vessel consisting of a shell, a head titted therein, and a corrugated metallic chine fitted within and secured to the shell, substantially as described.

l. A metallic vessel consisting of a shell, a head fitted therein, and a metallic chine secured to the shell and having the lower end thereof flared and corrugated, for the purpose described, substantially as set forth.

5. A chine for a.vessel, consisting of a piece of corrugated sheet metal, for the purpose described, substantially as set forth.

0. A chine for a vessel, consisting of a piece of sheet metal having one edge thereof flared or bent at an angle and corrugated or ridged, for the purpose described, substantially as set forth.

7. A metallic vessel, substantially as described, consisting of a shell, a head, and a chine titted within the shell to bear against the head, said chine and vessel being provided with interlocking tongues, which are cut or stamped from the body of said vessel and chine, as and for the purpose described.

8. A metal vessel, substantially as described, consisting of a shell, a head, and a chine fitted within the shell, said chine and vessel being formed with tongues which are stamped or cut out of the same, the tongues being bent upon the shell exteriorily thereof and over the edge of the shell and chine, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS F. CRARY.

\Vitnesses:

Ron'r. J'. JoNEs, MILLER R. DOVVNING. 

